“A represents the double-rimmed wheel, which may be made of any required diameter, and of any suitable material, and in any equivalent manner.
“We do not confine ourselves to propelling by the feet exclusively. The driving-wheels may be rotated by the hands, as in some descriptions of velocipede, or by the feet and the weight of the body combined, as in the rocking-saddle kind.
“Having thus described our invention,
“What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,—
2. A velocipede formed of a horizontal wheel or rim, when supported on vertical wheels adapted to be rotated by means of cranks, substantially as set forth.
“George J. Sturdy.
“Solomon W. Young.”
B. S. Lawson. Velocipede. No. 90,563. Patented May 25, 1869.
“My invention relates to velocipedes; and it consists mainly in a seat-spring of novel construction, upon which the seat is made adjustable in a novel manner.”
This is another of the Dalzell patterns. The mechanism is not claimed in the patent, as will be noticed from the above brief.